Knowledge on muscle strength among health professionals in Colombia: cross- sectional study.

Introduction: Low muscle strength is a risk factor for various health conditions such as cardiometabolic diseases, neurodegenerative syndromes and mortality.

Objective: Evaluate the knowledge of muscle strength in health professionals in Colombia. An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in health professionals attending two continuing medical education events.

Muscular strength, endothelial function and cognitive disorders: state of the art.

In recent years, the ageing population has increasingly grown. This process carries a range of pathophysiological changes involving alterations in the skeletal muscle, vascular endothelium and brain function, becoming an important risk factor for developing cognitive disorders and cardiovascular diseases. With ageing, there is a decrease in muscle mass and muscle strength, and a relationship between muscle strength decrease and cognitive decline has been shown.

Association between Leisure-Time and Commute Physical Activity and Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).

Background: Diabetes is an important public health problem due to its health impairments and high costs for health services. We analyzed the relationship between the domains of physical activity at leisure-time (LTPA) and at commuting (CPA) with diabetes and pre-diabetes in an ELSA-Brasil study.

Methods: Data from 11,797 participants (52.

Prevalence of the practice of physical activity and its associated factors in adult Colombian pregnant women.

Introduction: Physical activity during pregnancy can be useful in the prevention of gestational complications. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of physical activity in adult Colombian pregnant women and its associated factors.

Materials And Methods: A secondary analysis of data from the 2015 National Nutrition Survey in Colombia was conducted.

Reliability and validity of a questionnaire of child development for national surveys.

Introduction: The child development screening in national surveys supports the formulation of public policies that contribute to its diagnosis and early intervention, aimed at promoting comprehensive development and successful school performance until adolescence, however, few countries in Latin America have this information.

Objective: To assess the reliability and convergent validity of a cultural adaptation of the Screening Questionnaire of Child Development for Household Surveys (DIEH) and to des cribe the prevalence of developmental alterations in children aged between 2 months and 5 years in Bucaramanga-Colombia.

Subjects And Method: Between July and December 2016, an evaluation of diagnostic tests was carried out in which participated 224 children aged between two months and five years and their parents or caregivers from Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Recommendations of physical activity and rest in a Colombian prenatal control program.

Objective: To determine the frequency of the registry of physical activity and rest recommendations made to pregnant women and to explore their associated factors in a prenatal care program of primary care public institutions in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Methods: An observational study was conducted. The sampling frame consisted of the medical records of the pregnant women who attended at least one prenatal care program between January 1 and December 31, 2012 (n = 2.